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Cottonwood Creek Trail

In Cottonwood Creek

Trail10 km · 6 miBest May–Oct

Next nearby hike: Woodmen Trail 0.8 mi · 1.3 kmExplore Cottonwood Creek →

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Best time to hike

Best months: May–Oct · highs 17–27 °C (63–81 °F)

  1. J5°-9°13
  2. F7°-8°13
  3. M10°-5°32
  4. A14°-2°49
  5. M19°4°58
  6. J24°9°51
  7. J27°12°77
  8. A25°11°84
  9. S22°7°33
  10. O17°1°24
  11. N9°-5°15
  12. D4°-10°15

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

About this trail

This trail in Colorado, United States of America, is about 10 km (6 mi) long. It lies about 10 km southeast of Air Force Academy. By long-term climate averages, the best months are May–Oct.

Short summary written from the trail facts on this page.

Trail facts

Length
10 km · 6 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Managed by
State agency
Data from
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Stream
Cottonwood Creek (GeoNames)
Nearest town
10 km SE of Air Force Academy (El Paso County, Colorado) · GeoNames
Best months
May–Oct
Country
United States of America
Region
Colorado
Continent
North America
Route centre
38.9315, -104.7708
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail centre

Woodmen Trail

0.8 mi · 1.3 km · Colorado

Shepard Trail

2.2 mi · 3.5 km · Colorado

Rim Trail

2.2 mi · 3.6 km · Colorado

Lori Cohen Trail

2.4 mi · 3.8 km · Colorado

Spine Trail

2.4 mi · 3.8 km · Colorado

Pulpit Rock Trail

2.5 mi · 4.0 km · Colorado

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